''Scymnus suturalis'' is a species of beetle in family

Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as they ...

. It is found in the

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- Europe, North Africa, European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Transcaucasia, Western Asia, Mongolia, North America (introduced to the United States). It is a tiny (2mm. -2.5 2mm.) ladybird. The elytra which bear long, mainly backward-pointing hairs are red or chestnut brown usually with a dark brown mark behind the scutellum and extending along the median. It is common. In Central Europe it is a forest species which feeds on Coccoidea—it is associated with the scale '' Chionaspis salicis''. ''S. suturalis'' occurs in conifer (especially '' Pinus sylvestris'' and other ''Pinus'' species) and mixed forests, also in marshes, gardens, and parks. In Russia and Poland, it feeds on Adelgidae and other aphids on ''Pinus'', less frequently, on '' Betula pendula'' and other ''Betula'' species and '' Ligustrum vulgare''.Burakowski, B., Mroczkowski, M., and Stefańska, J., Katalog Fauny Polski. Szęść XXIII, Chrząszcze– Coleoptera. Tom 13. Cucujoidea, część 2 (Państwowe wydawnictwo naukowe, Warszawa, 1986). It was also found under flakes of bark, in moss on the trunks, and in the litter of coniferous trees.

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R.D. Pope The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) described by C. P. ThunbergImages representing ''Scymnus''
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